A Long Overdue Statement
Forty years too late for an event that should never have happened in the first place. Whatever the excuses (and there were – and are – plenty)Continue Reading
Month: July 2012
IRA, CIRA And ÓnaÉ
Following on from my article about the claimed merger of several Republican Resistance groups to form a new Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Scottish Nationalist And Labour Party Activist?
Now this is interesting. From The Scotsman: “LABOUR chiefs say a rebellion among its grassroots members in favour of independenceContinue Reading
Reading The Irish Revolution
Two lengthy but informative articles for you, both from the Dublin Review of Books (or DRB), examining aspects of theContinue Reading
Why Does Fine Gael And Labour Want Irish-Speakers To Be Second-Class Citizens With Second-Class Rights?
Well as the Fine Gael – Labour coalition government continues to pursue its policy of rolling back a decade ofContinue Reading
Having A Whale Of A Time At The Olympics
Irish Whales and the Olympics Games? A revealing historical curiosity from the Huffington Post that tells us much more aboutContinue Reading
A New IRA?
Well, given the rumours and rumblings, and perhaps not unrelated to the recent shooting of a (former?) prominent member of the 32 County Sovereignty CommitteeContinue Reading
Mary Tamm – The Perfect Companion
Unfortunately I may have got to the age when the authors and musicians, actors and actresses of one’s formative yearsContinue Reading
The Oirish Independent Spins Itself Dizzy
The Oirish Independent presents the perfect example of how to spin a story to match a set political agenda. InContinue Reading
Bigot’s Day Out
There’s a nicely paranoid opinion piece in today’s Oirish Independent newspaper attacking Ireland’s Irish-speaking citizens. Why? For daring to speakContinue Reading
Binn Éadair, Cúige Laighean, Éire, Meitheamh 2012
A few quick snaps from a walk around Binn Éadair…
The English Republic Of Ireland
More news on the dramatic walk-out from Dáil Éireann by Opposition parties in protest at the Fine Oibre coalition’s attemptContinue Reading
Get Up, Stand Up, Stand Up For Your Rights
For once an Sionnach Fionn is speechless. Someone has actually stood up for the civil rights of Ireland’s Irish-speaking communities andContinue Reading
The Final Solution To The Irish Problem
Well it would seem that the anglophone supremacists driving the anti-Irish agenda in Fine Gael and the Labour Party areContinue Reading
Militant Versus Supplicant
WalesOnline reports on a new Welsh civil rights group, Dyfodol i’r Iaith or “A Future for the Language”: “Dyfodol i’rContinue Reading
The Orange Order – Bringing Fear And Intimidation To A Community Near You
To their members and supporters (not to mention sympathisers) the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland is a purely “cultural organisation”Continue Reading
Kill All Taigs – Fuck All Papists – The Tory Party Plays The Orange Card In Scotland
Ever heard of Tory Hoose? No? Well you’re about to: “Tory Hoose is a new chapter in progressive thinking andContinue Reading
Fine Gael Blues: Dr. James Reilly And Cllr Anne Devitt
Those investigators of all that is grubby in Irish politics over at Broadsheet.ie reveal some interesting facts about the relationshipContinue Reading
Ardoyne Residents Respond To Orange Order Intimidation
In response to the annual violence sparked by a handful of intimidating marches through Irish communities in the British Occupied North of Ireland by the militant British nationalist andContinue Reading
From The Five Demands – Tensions In Ardoyne
BREAKING NEWS. RIOT IN CORSO AD ARDOYNE More here…
Speak Irish? Get To The Back Of The Line!
The total percentage cost from its budget for all of the Irish language services provided by just one government department in Ireland,Continue Reading
In The Shadow Of The Maple Leaf
In recent years Canada has become something of a prestige go-to-destination in these economically straitened times for many people inContinue Reading
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